Is Osteoarthritis Always Associated with Low Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Patients?

Background and Objectives: The relationship between osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP) has been analysed for over four decades. However, this relationship has remained controversial. Numerous observational and longitudinal studies have shown an inverse association between the two diseases and a protective effect of one against the other.

Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Clinical and Metabolic Approach.

Background: Having in mind that diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity are some of the greatest health challenges of the modern era, diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is becoming more and more recognized in clinical practice. Main Text: Initially, DM is asymptomatic, but it may progress to diastolic and then systolic left ventricular dysfunction, which results in congestive heart failure. A basic feature of this DM complication is the absence of hemodynamically significant stenosis of the coronary blood vessels.

Electrocardiographic criteria which have the best prognostic significance in hypertensive patients with echocardiographic hypertrophy of left ventricle: 15-year prospective study.

Background: Electrocardiography is the first-choice technique for detecting left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with arterial hypertension. It is necessary to know the probable outcome for every patient during the treatment, with the aim of improving cardiovascular event prevention.

Hypothesis: Certain electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy may predict outcomes of patients with left ventricular hypertrophy during a 15-year follow-up.

Impact of metabolic syndrome on clinical severity and long-term prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation.

Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on clinical severity and long-term prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation (STEMI).

Methods: We examined 507 patients with STEMI, who were admitted for primary percutaneous coronary intervention classified according to the presence of MetS using American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute definition. After applying these criteria, the patients were categorized into groups as patients with MetS and without MetS.

QTc dispersion and Cornell duration product can predict 10-year outcomes in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy.

Background: Persistent and adequate treatment of patients with arterial hypertension leads to more favorable disease outcome.

Hypothesis: Aside for the present left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), there are other non-invasive parameters which can represent additional predictors of unfavorable prognosis in patients with essential arterial hypertension during the 10-year follow-up.

Methods: A hypertensive group with LVH (124 patients; age 57.

A Critical Approach of Guideline Therapeutic Recommendations for NAFLD.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) as progressive form of the disease are associated with cardiovascular risk factors including obesity, dyslipidaemia, hyperglycaemia and hypertension. When NAFLD is associated with cardiovascular disease, mortality of NAFLD patients is increased due to cardiovascular disease. Prevalence of NAFLD and NASH is high, but it seems that epidemic of the disease is under-recognized and under-appreciated.